Valley Sunday Star-Monitor-Herald (Harlingen, Tex.), Vol. [30], No. 82, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 26, 1939 Page: 4 of 20
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Sunday. March 26, 1989
/ALLEY SUNDAY STAR—MONITOR—HERALD
Page 4
Light Hail Strikes
HEARS TALKER
Brownsville Area
1
Thirty
HARLINGEN
BROWNSVILLE — After four
pm Thursday
decrease in
in
were
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YOUR BOOKS
Me ALL EN
as
.. and Your Bank
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This
was
Loans - Commercial Accounts
a
Clues Are Sought
Member Federal Depoeii Insurance Corporation
Remodeling Done
HARLINGEN
TEXAS
Evangelist Here
50,000 Items
pro-
Ship Is Loaded
t of a itritt
r
U.
of oil for North Atlantic ports.
Co-operative Supplies
Service
Guerra Makes Talk
4
Rio Grande Valley Gas Co
“—«7 if a done with Heat, you can do it BETTER with G<u.
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Valley Students
At The
and vegetables, and 20.000 barrels
tourist arteries.
BROWNSVILLE
WOMAN HURT
Explosion Of Stove
Causes Blaze
C-C PLANNING
FOR TOURISTS
Baptist Convention Is
Set At Harlingen
Prisoner Broke Arm
Of Jailer
Petty Theft Series Is
Investigated
Airplane Traffic
Reveals Gain
MISSIONARY
UNIT MEETS
MARCH 29-30
Commissioner Post Is
Being Sought
M’ALIEN MAN
ENTERS RACE
Methodist Revival
Opens Sunday
Cressner’s To Open In
New Location
Speech Is Made By
Noted Physicist
SIX CHURCHES
PLAN SERVICES
vtlle "The Majestic and Fraternal
ed but declined in relative impor-
NEWTEX
LINE
and
the
NEW YORK
HOUSTON
BROWNSVILLE
DIRECT
Weekly Service
412 Texas
drug store
Texas
BROWNSVILLE — Scattered
blasts of hail peppered the Browns-
The
ship,
road gang guards, finally subdued
Morales. None of the other 40 pris-
oners in the jail yard at the time
made any effort to join m the fracas
Morales was placed in solitary con-
V1SITS IN HOUSTON
SAN BENITO—Mrs H H Gerst
has been visiting in Houston.
are ■ the
Methodist.
Alliance.
You Know They Mean It
When They
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS
McINNIS FLOWER SHOP
PHONE 001
Utt EUmbeth — Brownsville
Movie
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and
son.
stay
RIO CRANE VALLEV CURBS EXCHARCE
W I $ L A C O.
WESLACO — Cressner’s are fol-
lowing the advice in the religious
the corner
Pete, Huge Snake, LARGE GROUP
***** _______.____
Gets First Meal
* * * * *
In Nine Months
McAllen Groups Will
Join On Easter
IMPORTATION
CONFINED TO
PRESENT NEED
Cold Weather Still
Seen In North
Port Isabel Cargo Is
Taken Out
CHARGE FILED
FOR ASSAULT
Ruben Edelstein of Brownsville
and Paul Finkelstein of Harlingen
attended the formal dance held by
Alpha Phi sorority at the Woman s
years of successive increases. United
University
By Margaret Matthew*
RIO GRANDE CITY-M.ss Ca-
mille Block and her brother. Luci-
en Block left Tuesday for San An-
tonio. They will return Friday
Town«endites Plan
Valley-Wide Meet
HARLINGEN — Valley - wide
meeting of Townsend Clubs will be
held at fair Park here Sunday with
, a basket lunch at 1 p m.. followed
by a program of music and spec-
ially nn windy davs He advocated
the closing of doors, and wudows.
in kitchens using the stoves to eli-
minate draft
McAllen's
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YOUR bank has an interest in the welfare of
your business, for the progress of our organi-
zation depends upon the progress of business
• firms in Harlingen. It is, consequently, good
business for First National Bank to support and
encourage all kinds of local enterprises with fi-
nancial support and all other facilities of a de-
pendable financial organization.
RIO GRANDE CITY—Mr
Mrs. Howard L. Staggs and
Ronald, left Thursday for a
of several days in San Antnmo
Men and women from all over the
district are urged to attend Sleep-
ing quarters and breakfast will be
provided, according to Mrs Roy
P. Burdett, publicity chairman.
by a program of music and spee-
ches. according to announcement
Friday.
E X
The delegation was headed by
Andreas Pacheo. Jr. Brownsville
and Matamoros businessman.
A S
First National Bank
PHILEN SHIPPING
COMPANY
1020 Wash. Phone 866
BROWNSVILLE
Raymondville Girl
On SMU Honor Roll
DALLAS — Miss Betty Conley. !
daughter of Dr. C. C. Conley, of
Raymondvill was included on the
scholastic honor roll released re-
cently by the registrar's office of
Southern Methodist University.
Miss Conley, a junior in the col- j
lege of arts and sciences, made bet-
ter than a B average in her courses.
She is taking her major work in
foreign languages
U. S. Customs Revenues Reveal Sharp Drop Of 26 Per Cent
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Roads Inspected
By Mexico Group
MATAMOROS -A group of Mat-
amoros business men have returned
here following a trip with Gover-
nor Marte Gomez inspecting Amer- I
ican road construction methods in
the vicinity of Alice.
The group, which included 20
Matamoros leaders, made the trip
with a view to determining type
of construction to be used on the
Vieioria-Mataraero* highway, ex-
pected to be one of the great
light to
over the
in
McALLEN—Six McAllen churches
will conduct a special Easter serv-
ice at Archer Park Sunday. April
held from
McALLEN — A large number of
students and teachers from McAllen
nd the Valley heard Dr. Arthur A.
Comnton. Nobel prize winner and
voted physicist give a talk on the
•Relation of X-Rays to Physics and
Biologv" at Kingsville Friday night
In simple language he outlined
the history of the x-ray’s discovery
and very plainly brought out that
the use of this scientific tool has
been the greatest impetus to the
advancement of modern scientific
knowledge.
He declared the United States is
the leader in fostering scientific
knowledge and research, both tech-
nically and practically. During the
question and answer portion of the
lecture. Richard Rowe of McAllen.
Edinburg Junior College student,
t-ied tn stump Dr Compton on dif-
ferent atom smashers and the pos-
sibility of obtaining gold from lead
Mtending from McAllen were
Rowe. Franklin Glendenning. Gor-
don Baxter. Ruben Kappler. Lorio
Izaguirre. Erwin Jacks and Charles
Cameron
A dcllar saved ia buying Is just os valuable
as a dollar gainad In sales. In fact, the old
proverb soys a dollar savad Is twice earned.
Necessarily a large-scale, meltiplo operation,
our buying is handled by a separate supplies
division which concentrates on that activity
alone. In each purchase It employs our full
organised strength to secure for all of us
protection, adequate service, and the high-
est economy. Tho small cost of this important
service Is more than self-liquidating. As tbe:o
and other benefits of group action unfold,
wo growers are ansleus that our grower*
owned, grower-controlled, grower-managed
Institution provide Its advantages to oa even
greater number. Through a large, united
membership, Into which wo invite you, every-
one can profit greatly.
PORT ISABEL - The Cities
Service Company ship Water-
town. sailed from port here Sat-
urday morning for New York with
55.000 barrels of petroleum prod-
ucts loaded at Coastal Refineries
Company here. James Bowie, port
director, announced.
The Mooremack Lines steamer
loadiag last week pulled anchor
Saturday at 10 a m., carrying ten
carloads of Valley fresh grape-
fruit and 1300 tons of canned fruits
tance. representing only one-fifth
of the t**2? of 1938. as
compr’-d with one-fourth during
the p •rviov- ;
Items listed m the chemical sched-
ule produced $11,300,000 less duties
in 1938 than during the previous
year, a decline of 37 per cent.
The decline in collections under
the sugar schedule was somewhat
unusual since the total for the fiscal
year. $38 342995. included $2,766,071
of import compensating taxes col-
lected on refined sugar under the
terms of the Sugar Act of 1937,
which became effective September
1. 1937 and for which no compar-
able item was included in the col-
lections during the previous year.
McALLEN — James V Reid, lay
evangelist from Fort Worth, arrived
here Saturday for a Me’hodist teviv-
al meeting to continue until Easter
Sunday. April 9
Two revival services will bo held
daily by Eeid at the First Methodist
church, beginning Sunday, at 10:55
a m and 7:45 pm A special young
peonies' service also will be held
daily at 7 pm.
Reid has recentiv returned from
a lengthy stay in Central America j
wh*re he has been doing indepen-
dent missionary work Several of
his talks mil deal with conditions
m that country.
BROWNSVILLE - Fjre caused
by a kerosene gto’-e explosion caus-
ed $20 damage at 422 Harrison street.
SE. Saturday at 10:53 a m and re-
sulted in first degree bums to the
owner. Mrs Paula Lerma
Mrs Lerma, who was burned on
the Lice and right arm. and who was
•Iso cut on the hands by flying
glass, was given first aid treatment
at the scene by Fire Chief W. C
Walker
The fire occurred in the kitchen
of a one-story frame house and
store Fire Chief Walker, who ar-
rived at the scene before apoaratus.
held the fire in check with two fire
extinguishers until booster lines
were set.
Damage was confined to the kit-
chen and roof No insurance was
carried
Fire Chief Walker warned peo-
ple using kerosene, or gasoline
Stoves, to use extreme caution esped-
Federated Club budding Pink,
white, and green were the colors
, used in decorating Boop Burger’s
orchestra played Spring flowers
used in decorations were smilas
and roses
Last Friday. St. Patrick’s Day.
was celebrated by Kirby Hail.
Grace Hall. Women s Building, and
Scottish Rite Dormitory with din-
ners Shamrocks and green decorat- |
ed the dormitories.
Ruth Griffin of Edinburg visit-
ed friends in Kerrville last week-
end.
Last Friday was Rio Grande
Day. Students from the Valley wore
orange and white ribbons with Rio
Grande Valley printed on them
Bids were distributed for the dance
to be held on the twenty-fourth of
this month
The Girl's Glee Club Sextet,
of which Flossie Crowe of San
Benito is a member, will sing in
EDINBURG — Sheriff R T Dan-
iel said Friday that he would file
a charge of assault with intent to
murder against Dan Morales. 250-
| pound Edinburg prisoner who is
serving out a jail sentence in con- ■
nection with a beer license viola- '
tion and who broke Jailer Roy
Teer’s arm Thursday in an alterca-
1 tion at the jail.
Sheriff Daniel said Jail Guard P
C. Venta heard Morales say tn Teer
as the prisoner started toward the
jailer Thursday morning: "I’m going
to kill you?” Another witness to
the affair also heard the threat, ac-
cording to the sheriff.
Teer. head jailer at the Hidalgo
County jail, had ordered Morales to
join a road gang which was leav-
ing the jail early Thursday and on
which Morales had been working
out his fine of $50 and a 60-day jail.
term Morales refused, the sheriff
stated, and grabbed a heavv mop
handle and attacked Teer Teer. un-
armed. threw up his arm to protect
his head and the member was brok-
en. Teer and Venta. assisted by W
CHARLOTTE. N. C. — <4>(-Pete
--his owner says he's 70 years old-
got his first meal in nine months
.Saturday.
And here’s what Pete ate. whe-
ther he liked it or not:
pounds of chopped meat
Fifteen dozen eggs.
Fifteen pounds of ground bone.
A quart of milk of Magnesia.
Pete is a python. 33 feet long and
weighing 300 pounds. Ordinarily,
says owner Harry Lewiston, py-
thons eat every three months.
But Pete gashed his throat get-
ting out of a box. and Lewiston
had to omit the last two regular
feedings.
The food was forced down Pete
with an eight-foot rubber hose
Eighteen men. husky all. held him
Pete belongs to a carnival
which winters here
9 The service will be
6:30 a m to 7:30 a m
Churches cooperating
Presbyterian. Nazarene.
Christian Missionary
Christian and Baptist.
Rev. O W Jadwin. Christian pas-
tor. is general chairman for the
event Rev. Henry W. Shirley. Bap-
tist pastor, will preach the sermon
Other churches are invited to
participate, the pastor said.
McALLEN -Cold weather is still
hanging around in the North and
McAllen Chamber of Commerce of-
ficials declared Saturday winter
visitors will be entertained here as
long as spring was delayed in the
northern states
The tourist entertainment
gram for the week follows:
Monday—Shufflebnard, dominoes,
checker? and bridge
Tuesday—Conducted tour to Rey-
nosa at 4 p. m, from chamber of
commerce building
Thursday—regular entertainment
program at 7:30 p m. at chamber
of commerce building
The shuffleboard courts and in-
door game room will be available
for entertainment of visitors every-
day this week.
States customs revenues declined
sharply in 1938 from the total for
the preceding year according to a
report received here Saturday.
The collections nf $359 600.000 In
193$ were 26 per cent smaller than
IF" Duties on each of the differ-
ort types of entries, except those
or. mail and baggage, yielded small-
er returns
Each schedule of the Tariff Act of
1930. except the tobacco schedule
recorded a decrease in the value of
imports and each schedule, without |
exception, showed a
duties collected
The decreases in the revenue
yielded by the agricultural and
wool schedules were greater than
those for any other schedules
accounted for two-thirds of
entire decrease in revenue
Agriculture Declines
Agricultural imports continued
to exceed every other tariff sched-
ule in the amount of revenue yield-
ville area early Saturday morning, night with .01 inches of precipita-
tion for the 24-hour period ending
at 6 30 a m. Saturday.
Thunderstorms with
moderate rain occurred
eastern two-thirds of Texas.
Oklahoma and in the western part
of Arkansas and Louisiana.
level than in 1938
Airplanes Increase
anomalous condition
Cited as due chiefly to the fact that
certain types of commodities im-
ported in 1937 consisted of bulk
shipments which had a marked ef-
fect on collections, but little effect
on the number of entries.
In 1938. importers ordered quan-
tities sufficient only for their im-
mediate needs, carrying little, if
any. stocks in warehouses and there-
fore imported with greater fre-
quency.
Besides the 1938 business reces-
sion. another factor contributing tn
decreased collections was said to
be the reduced rates offered by
traae agreements.
A’rplane traffic showed the larg-
est relative increase during the
year The increase was 431 per
Cent in passengers across the north-
ern border, and 30 1 on the south-
ern boundary.
1938. an increase of 45.715. over the
previous year, although the collec-
tions in 1937 were at a much higher
Many a McAllen
resident is gomg to see himself
oth-”-s see him in the “See Yourself
movies to be shown Aoril 4 and 5
in McAllen High School auditorium
Sponsored by the Kiwanis Club
the movies were exciting a lot of
comment in the city Saturday while
cameramen ran around •'shooting"
unsuspecting citizens in natural pos-
tures
Pictures of the crowd at th-* base-
ball game Saturday afternoon wh»n
the Tulsa Oilers played th- Phil-
lies promised more than one ex-
cellent candid shot of rabid base-
ball fans. Ki warns members said
here Saturday.
Bit that is not all
Brotherhood of Ancient Rulers and
Monarchs" which was presented by
the University and Austin enter-
tainers at the Scottish Rite Temple
Wednesday night.
Bill Payne of San Benito is nnw
a member of Sigma Gamma Epsi- i message that day.
Ion. honorary geological fraternity '
j Initiation services were held last
Wednesday.
Lucille Adams and Margaret
Matthews, both of La Fena. had
dinner with Bob Adams and Moore
Matthews Tuesday night. The men
were in Austin for several days
Carolyn Cramer of Edinburg has
been named as a member of the
parade committee in the dormitory
and rooming house division. Valley
students are hoping to see a great
The total number of entries of
merchandise aggregated 3.121.176 in
To safeguard your gas service we must
carry over 50,000 separate articles in
stock available for instant use. Our in-
ventory at December 31, 1938, shows
50,312 parts, exclusive of pipe, appliance
parts, meters, or meter parts scattered
over our entire system in warehouses, of-
fices, or storage rooms at advantageous
points for immediate availability in times
of emergency.
to it a? being comparative with the
pure ideals of George Washington
regarding the spirit of democracy
He was introduced by H. E. Johns,
program chairman
During the business program,
members of the club planned final
arrangements for the schedule of
pictures being filmed this week
under the sponsorship of the Lions.
Camera men were on hand to get
pictures of the club members. D
A Perkins, only Lions Club bache-
lor. was the "star'’ of the show in
the role nf “President of the Lonelv
Hearts Club”
Ray Landry was named to direct
the annual Easter Egg Hunt which
will be given this year according
to a custom with the club, for
Mission youngsters on the Saturdav
before Easter.
Postal regulations permit a mail-
man to walk right by a house with-
out delivering letters if the walk
I snow.
many of their Valley friends in
Austin for Round-Up week-end
For the benefit of ex-students and
visitors the dormitories will hold
open house from 3 until 5 o’clock
April 1.
Among the Valley students on the
honor roll for last semester are
Jane Bohner of San Benito, Evelyn
Yates tof Brownsville. Poe Cham-
pion of Brownsville, and Lucille
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Is Being Filmed
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By Kiwanis Club
i E. McWhorter and Henry Martin.
"I offer myself as a candidate
solely because of a desire to con-
A * Y a a — Sa • —
growth and development of Mc-
Allen. he said. finement Friday.
Mayor Horace Etchison has an-
nounced for re-election, is opposed
by W C Tisdale, running under
a greater McAllen ticket, with
Harley Jackson and Cecil Thomp-
son as commissioner candidates
Opposing the Greater McAllen
candidates are Norman Buescher
A F. Vannoy and Fidencio Guerra
I who filed as result of a petition
submitted by another group of
citizens here
This is our investment for your safety.
Much of it represents money tied up in ar-
ticles that may wait for years for a call
into service, but when that comes they are
worth their weight in gold if they prevent
an interruption in our service to you.
rattling on rooftops and disturbing
the sleep of many.
Brief flashes of lightning en-j
hanced the artillery-like pheno-
mena. a rarity In the Valley, as the
hail descended from a few clouds
drifting across the starlit sky.
In the Los Ebanos section, the hail,
was reported the size of "marbles "
The pellets fell in various section? of
Brownsville, and the freak storm
was considered local in effect.
There were no reports of crop
damage Saturday. The flurry last-
ed but a few minutes, although
heavy in some areas, but was not
considered extensive enough to have
caused havoc.
Residents here prodded memor-
ies to recollect that the last freak
hail blast had been several years
ago while others opined the un-
usualness of the frosty pellets fall-
ing at night.
The Brownsville weather bureau,
however .reported that hail is apt
to fall at any time of the day or
nigh* The clock, it seems, has no
material effect.
Surface winds were southeast
early Saturday, but the disturb-
ance was created by a cold layer
of air in the upper altitudes, the
weather bureau reported.
The freak weather, which is gen-
erally considered an indication of
spring in the north, was unusual
for Brownsville.
Further precipitation was in store
for Brownsville and the Valley to-
night and Sunday, the forecast
indicating thundershowers and con-
siderable cloudiness, but not much
change in temperature.
VICTIM NEAR DEATH
NEW YORK —*4*1—Axel Peter-
son. 47. one of three men injured
yesterday in an explosion of gas
fumes on the Texaco oil tanker
Reaper, was reported near death
Saturday.
On I’aii-Aiiierieaiiisin
MISSION — Italy and Germany
are outselling the United States m
the South American countries be-
cause their sales representatives
can speak the language of those
countries, while those from tho
United States must work through
an interpreter. Mission Lions were
told Wednesday when they heard a
brilliant talk on Pan-Americanism
given by Fidencio Guerra, young
McAllen attorney. The growth of
the Pan-American movement will
do much to promote understanding
and cooperation among the 21
American republics, the speaker
predicted, saying that the move-
ment will eventually become the
greatest of world-wide "isms" since
it is founded on humanitarian prin-
ciples
Quoting from several South
American newspapers and from
talks on the subject made by Pres-
ident Roosevelt, the speaker highly
praised the president’s "Good out delivering
Neighbor policy, giving a tribute (isn t cleared of
These parts cost from a few cents to
hundreds of dollars each. Many of them
may never be used but must be in stock
at all times. Others may be urgently
needed before you read these words.
When an emergency arises, there is no
time to get the necessary fitting or part
from the factory.
HARLINGEN—Police here Satur-
diy sought some clues in a s-ries
of petty thefts toward the close
of the week
Saturday Mrs Hugh Ramsey, wife
of the mayor, reported theft of ■
1939 license plates. 163-000. taken out j
on a 1937 Lincoln Zephyr.
D P Bushnell reported theft of
a bundl- of laundry from his auto-i
mobile, narked in front of his resi-
dence. 122 East Madison avenu?.
Friday night
One hundred gallons of flux <4’
were reported s’olen from a trailer
tank on North Fifth street, and 100
feet of octagonal hose from a Works
Progress Administration project late
Thursday.
Nineteenth an-
nual meeting of the Baptist Wo-
man's Missionary Union of District
Five will be held here at the First
Baptist Church March 29 and 30.
Program will begin at 2 p m. Wed-
nesday. March 29. and close at 3
Leading thought
of the convention will be evangel-
ism: program theme. "The Love of
Chr.st Cnnstrameth Us”
Guest speaker will be Mrs F F
Lynns of Dallas, executive secretary
of state W M U. All chairmen will
conduct 30-minute conferences on
their work Thursday, and bring in
reports and recommendations A
business session is scheduled, and
also a visit to the Valley Baptist
. Hospital.
A young people’s program will
be given Wednesday night, under
direction of Mrs. James Hicks, dis-
trict Young People's leader. Mrs
Lyons will give the principal ad-
dress. and a 30-minute special
the Negro Musical show and vaude- music program will be given by
Harlingen Young People, under the
direction of Mrs. S W Batson.
Mrs Lyons will speak again
Thursday on “The Love of Christ
j Constraineth us to Life More
: abundant ” Rev N D Moon, dis-
i trict missionary will also bring a
The lowest temperature in
Brownsville was 69 degrees Friday
McALLEN-M S Winbury Sat-
urday announced his candidacy for
a post en the McAllen city com-
mission. subject tn action of voters
in the April 4 city election Dead-
I line for filing was Friday midnight.
“.’"J j Winbun* •■aid he was running as
Langham ef Mission, and Josephine . . ___
'Taylor of Brownsville These are , an indePfndenV .
students in the College of Arts and
Sciences. ! - ... ...
: tribute what I can to the welfare.
Until next
Thursday the city’s citizenry, its in-
dustries. entertainment and show
spots will be snapped from every
angle and every point of view
After that date the residents can
just wait and wonder.
Proceeds from the showing nf the
pictures will go into the Kiwanis
treasury for local charitable use.
song and “brightening
where they are ”
Formerly located at
Avenue, the Cressnor
has moved to the corner of
Avenue and Fourth Street which
his been long vacant. The comer
has been brightened up with new
naint and other remodeling work
Some new fixtures and other facili-
ties have been added at the loca-
tion The store is operated bv T G
Cressner and there is a gift shop
in the rear operated by Mrs. Cress-
ner.
Although already doing busi-
ness at the new location, the Crrs-
ners are plann.ng an opening party
probably next week-end.
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